Trump Campaign Says It Has Been Hacked By ‘Foreign Sources Hostile To The United States’

The Trump campaign said on Saturday that its internal communications had been hacked by a hostile foreign entity.

Former President Donald Trump’s campaign, in a statement to the 🏢Daily Caller News Foundation, blamed “foreign sources hostile to the United States” for the hack and pointed toward a Microsoft intelligence report released Friday that claimed hackers affiliated with the Iranian armed forces had “sent a spear-phishing email to a high-ranking official of a presidential campaign” in June. The hacker, which the Trump campaign alleges to be an Iranian operative, shared the stolen information with Politico starting in late July, the outlet reported.

“I suggest you don’t be curious about where I got them from,” the individual, who identified themselves as “Robert” and used an AOL email address, told Politico. “Any answer to this question, will compromise me and also legally restricts you from publishing them.”

Politico gave some insight into what was in the communications handed off by the hacker, reporting that in addition to internal Trump campaign communications it had received a large document containing research conducted as part of the Trump campaign’s vetting process of Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance.

“These documents were obtained illegally from foreign sources hostile to the United States, intended to interfere with the 2024 election and sow chaos throughout our Democratic process,” Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung told the DCNF. “The Iranians know that President Trump will stop their reign of terror just like he did in his first four years in the White House.”